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MUSICIAN

Spencer Dryden

1938 - 2005

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Spencer Charles Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes (later known as the Peanut Butter Conspiracy). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spencer Dryden has received more than 671,250 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Spencer Dryden is the 1,727th most popular musician (down from 1,705th in 2019), the 8,717th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,633rd in 2019) and the 687th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Spencer Dryden ranks 1,727 out of 2,662. Before him are Laurent Garnier, Butch Vig, Howard Donald, Nikolai Lugansky, David Bedford, and Devin Townsend. After him are Alan Jay Lerner, Blue Mitchell, James Cotton, Neal Schon, John Sebastian, and Allen Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Spencer Dryden ranks 445. Before him are Mark Rakita, Judy Blume, Boris Mayorov, Billy Mills, Sheila Dikshit, and Shivkumar Sharma. After him are Alfred Raoul, Eugene J. Martin, Armando Tobar, Shuji Tsurumi, Geoff Murphy, and Johnny Tillotson. Among people deceased in 2005, Spencer Dryden ranks 276. Before him are Dahlia Ravikovitch, Ihor Rybak, Leonid Shamkovich, Paul Winchell, John N. Bahcall, and Givi Nodia. After him are M. Scott Peck, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Eugene J. Martin, Richard Doll, Arnold Denker, and Hubert Curien.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spencer Dryden ranks 8,717 out of 18,182. Before him are Ella Baker (1903), Wanda Hendrix (1928), Doris Eaton Travis (1904), Miles Teller (1987), Florence Vidor (1895), and Kevin J. Anderson (1962). After him are Edward Abbey (1927), Christopher Young (1958), John Layfield (1966), Kathy Hochul (1958), Stith Thompson (1885), and Annette Rogers (1913).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Spencer Dryden ranks 687. Before him are John Michael Talbot (1954), Dickey Betts (1943), Sam Jones (1924), The Game (1979), Larry Adler (1914), and Butch Vig (1955). After him are Alan Jay Lerner (1918), Blue Mitchell (1930), James Cotton (1935), Neal Schon (1954), John Sebastian (1944), and Allen Collins (1952).

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